Expectancy model for occurrence mechanism of college students' unsafe behavior

doi:10.16265/j.cnki.issn1003-3033.2018.12.005

Abstract

Abstract: For preventing university safety events and creating a good campus safety climate, this paper analyzes the occurrence mechanism of unsafe behavior of college students from the perspective of social psychology. Based on Maslow's hierarchy of needs, the behavior characteristics of college students in different dominant needs were analyzed, the psychological motivation of college students' unsafe behavior was explored. Then, a expectancy model was built for the occurrence mechanism of college students' unsafe behaviors based on expectation theory. After that, this model was used to explain the behavioral process of using electrical appliances in violation of dormitory regulations, and also to discuss how to reduce the probability of unsafe behavior of college students. The results show that dominant needs determine the behavior of college students, that the expectation model reveals that the unsafe behavior of college students is mainly due to their subjective cognition and judgment, and that their subjective error decisions can be reduced by improving their own safety awareness, safety cognition and safety capability.

Key words: college students, unsafe behaviors, dominant needs, expectancy theory, safety capability

CLC Number:

X910

AN Yu, ZHAI Cunli, FANG Yingqian, XU Surui, TONG Ruipeng. Expectancy model for occurrence mechanism of college students' unsafe behavior[J]. China Safety Science Journal, 2018, 28(12): 27-32.

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